Acute Small-Bowel Obstruction From Intestinal Anisakiasis After the Ingestion of Raw Clams; Documenting a New Method of Marine-to-Human Parasitic Transmission | Zendy

Ehyal Shweiki | Zendy; David Rittenhouse | Zendy; Joana E. Ochoa | Zendy; Viren Punja | Zendy; Muhammad Zubair | Zendy; Jeffrey P. Baliff | Zendy

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Acute Small-Bowel Obstruction From Intestinal Anisakiasis After the Ingestion of Raw Clams; Documenting a New Method of Marine-to-Human Parasitic Transmission

Author(s) -

Ehyal Shweiki,

David Rittenhouse,

Joana E. Ochoa,

Viren Punja,

Muhammad Zubair,

Jeffrey P. Baliff

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofu087

Subject(s) - ingestion , anisakis , medicine , squid , anisakis simplex , transmission (telecommunications) , gastroenterology , parasite hosting , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , biology , electrical engineering , engineering , world wide web , computer science

Enteric anisakiasis is a known parasitic infection. To date, human infection has been reported as resulting from the inadvertent ingestion of the anisakis larvae when eating raw/undercooked fish, squid, or eel. We present a first reported case of intestinal obstruction caused by anisakiasis, after the ingestion of raw clams.

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